The record companies were pretty sneaky on new releases. My local indie (Dr. Robert, long gone to the high street in the sky) would get the CD version on the Monday of release, but it would be 2-3 weeks before the […]

I cut the shrink wrap as close to the label as possible, then store it somewhere in the set, usually the book. For those sets with a loose sheet detailing the contents (usually on the back, under the shrink wrap) […]

I bought the Arthur boxed set, and of course, the bloody badge was missing. That was a complete waste of money.

CJ’s collected Observer TV reviews have been a constant in my bookshelves since they first came out, and get a regular re-reading. For a while I even bought the Daily Boris on a Saturday when I found out he was […]

Dirty Boy is genius

Can you get Paris buns or gravy rings in that part of the world?

Before any unification vote, we would need to learn the lesson of Brexit and have a long and detailed discussion about what exactly any new Ireland would look like. Coming from a unionist background, there are […]

Have you seen the back cover of Sense of Wonder?

While not as dreadful as Simple Minds, this isn’t much better (does have better dancing than almost anything else though).

there’s another part of Broadway on the other side of the roundabout which goes into the village to Donegall Avenue. I’m sure some of my relatives could get pretty poetic about this part of town.

There is an area in Belfast called Broadway, so is it definite the song ‘Up on Broadway’ isn’t about there?

When I worked in H&W we had a saying about such people: “Good living for a living”.
For the readers outside Norn Iron, good living means born again christian.

John Crace & Marina Hyde in the Grauniad have been fantastic during the whole Brexit process.

plus you aren’t (call me) Dave.

Now I’m conflicted. Corporal Francois said the ERG are supporting the deal! Who do I root for?

If Farage & the DUP are against it, the deal must have it’s merits as far as I’m concerned.

Bar compilations, the first 2 Prefab Sprout singles were stand alone:

The ‘single version’ tag is probably an error based on identical song titles on different albums e.g. comps. The Jordan vinyl remaster is great; I bought it originally on vinyl and it always sounded thin and con […]

I stuck it for, I think 4 books. The last one I started was the punchline to the joke ‘not a book to be tossed aside lightly…’.

I notice Burning Shed’s ‘bundle’ price for BD+ 2 vinlys is the same as the total for all 3 separate prices. Perhaps there’s a saving in P&P?